By Gregory Stangrit

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach did a lot of work with 35-year-old Russian boxer Denis Lebedev (25-2, 19KOs), who defends his WBA cruiserweight championship against undefeated Polish challenger Pawel Kolodziej (33-0, 18KOs) on Saturday night at the Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia.

"We spent more than a hundred rounds of sparring before this fight," - said Roach. - "Dennis in great shape. He is a talented boxer, he works hard. He has his pros and cons, and we worked on both. I tried to develop the strengths and correct the mistakes as much as possible."

Gregory Strangrit covers boxing for Allboxing.ru